Seam allowance guide aide

Abstract

A seam allowance guide aide system including a needle plate of a sewing machine containing vertical and horizontal lines with colors; a vertical line is provided to be aligned with the needle default position on the sewing machine. Colors are used to represent a standard measurement known and accepted in the sewing industry. The seam allowance guide aide is fixed and non-removable to said needle plate.

Claims

1. A seam allowance guide aide for a sewing machine comprising: a needle plate configured to be used on a sewing machine, said needle plate having a guide aide containing: a first four-sided portion having a first top border, a first bottom border, a first right border and a first left border, wherein a first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia is provided on said first four-sided portion, said plurality of seam allowance linear indicia longitudinally extending between said first top border and said first bottom border and being parallel to said first right border and said first left border, a second four-sided portion having a second top border, a second bottom border, a second right border and a second left border, wherein said second right border comprises a portion of said first left border closest to said first bottom border a third four-sided portion having a third top border, a third bottom border, a third right border and a third left border, wherein a second plurality of seam allowance linear indicia is provided on said third four-sided portion and positioned perpendicular in relation to said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia, said third right border comprises a portion of said second left border closest to said second top border; each of said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia is assigned a different color and each of said linear indicia of said second plurality of seam allowance linear indicia corresponds to a color assigned to said first linear indicia on a one-on-one basis.

2. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein each color corresponds to a predefined measurement distance.

3. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein an aligning linear indicia is provided on said second four-sided portion, said aligning linear indicia being aligned with a needle position of a sewing machine.

4. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 2, wherein said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia is equidistant to each other.

5. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 2, wherein said second plurality of seam allowance linear indicia is equidistant to each other.

6. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia extends onto said second four-sided portion.

7. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein each linear indicia of said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia represents a measurement.

8. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 7, wherein said measurement is sequentially incremented throughout said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia.

9. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 8, wherein said measurement is incremented in inches.

10. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 8, wherein said measurement is incremented in mm.

11. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein the area of said first four-sided portion is greater than the area of said second four-sided portion and said third four-sided portion.

12. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein the area of said second four-sided portion is lesser than the area of said first four-sided portion and said third four-sided portion.

13. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein the area of said third four-sided portion is lesser than the area of said first four-sided portion and greater than the area of said second four-sided portion.

14. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia never intersects said second plurality of seam allowance linear indicia.

15. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein the length of said first plurality of seam allowance linear indicia is different than the length of said second plurality of seam allowance linear indicia.

16. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein said guide aide is removable from said needle plate.

17. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 1, wherein said guide aide is fixed onto said needle plate.

18. The seam allowance guide aide of claim 17, wherein said guide aide is fixed by at least one of: engraving, embossing, etching, and printing.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1-A is a schematic front view of the Sewing with Color Label with the colors used to represent measurement.

(2) FIG. 1-8 is the Color Chart or explanation for each line with a color definition in the

(3) Label.

(4) FIG. 1-Cis the schematic bottom side view peeling off the backing that covers the glue material at the backside of the Label.

(5) FIG. 2is a schematic representation of a typical sewing machine with an exploded perspective of the needle plate that goes under the presser foot, #1.

(6) FIG. 2A is an exploded front view representation of a typical needle plate with the measurement lines.

(7) FIG. 2B is an exploded front view representation of the Sewing with Color Label applied on top of the needle plate as intended with this utility invention.

(8) FIG. 3is a schematic representation of the process of aligning the Sewing with Color Label, aligning the first vertical line with the needle at the default position of the sewing machine to obtain the benefits of this utility invention.

(9) FIG. 4is the schematic view for peeling out a corner of the backing of the label to be placed on the surface of the needle plate once the first vertical line of the label has been aligned to the needle in the plate of a sewing machine.

(10) FIG. 5is the schematic view when the label has been aligned and completely applied to the surface of the plate of a sewing machine.

(11) FIG. 6is the schematic view of a needle plate of a sewing machine containing a seam allowance guide aide, according to an embodiment of the invention.

(12) FIG. 7is the schematic view of a needle plate of a sewing machine containing a seam allowance guide aide, according to an embodiment of the invention.

(13) FIG. 8is the schematic view of a needle plate of a sewing machine containing a seam allowance guide aide, according to an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(14) FIG. 1A represents the Sewing with Color Label in which each color line is different in order to accurately determine the line needed for sewing, once the color chart has been observed. The same color line represents a specific measurement either in vertical or horizontal line. The first vertical linefuchsia coloris the line to be used to align the label for placement in the plate of the sewing machine. The fuchsia vertical line is to be aligned with the needle. The following vertical color lines represent the standard sewing measurement used in day-to-day sewing, in increments of -3 mm -with the colors applied to the measurement lines. The horizontal lines at the bottom left side of the fuchsia vertical lineor line of alignmentrepresent a set of lines to help sewers with colors that represent measurements for the benefit of the sewer to stop sewing or to stop and pivot at a specific measurement when the lower edge of the fabric or textile reaches the horizontal color line that specifies the measurement needed. These lines help determine a distance or measurement, either to stop a stitching line at the bottom of a fabric, or to stop and turn and continue stitching. A line with a specific color either in the vertical or horizontal position represents the same measurement. If the operator needs to stitch a -1.2 cmseam allowance and stop and turn to continue stitching, he or she will only need to focus on the green vertical line and stop after the green horizontal line appears at the bottom edge of the fabric, to stop, pivot and continue stitching in the same measurement green vertical line.

(15) The colors used in each measurement representation have reference in other situations in life. Example: or 1.5 cm is the standard measurement used to sew or as referred to standard seam allowance. Taking this information into account, when sewing a regular piece, the edge of the fabric must not be past this measurement, and that is the reason to designate red as the color for this or 1.5 cm, because there are many signs in which red is designated to stop or not to go beyond that point. If a person who is sewing moves to the right of this line, he or she will easily notice the change in color and can rearrange the stitching line. The orange line is used to designate the or 1 cm line, which is the least amount of seam allowance to stitch in a piece. Orange represents caution in many elements of life. Green is associated with go ahead, and for that reason it is used to represent the or 1.2 cm line which is a confortable seam allowance and safe for day-to-day use in wardrobes pieces.

(16) Studies have shown that making correlations of objects or locations with colors accelerates learning. This inventive Sewing with Color Label pretends to help people identify markings and the meaning of them just by looking to a color. When an adult is trying to teach a youngster to sew asking them to sew in a or 1.5 cm seam allowance is not an easy task, but instead telling them that whenever they look in a sewing instruction guide for that number, it means to use the red line it will be easier to explain. The Caption Color Chart as in FIG. 1B, is an explanation or correlation of the colors to a measurement, which give the sewer, a child or an adult, the ability to read a sewing instruction with ease. The colors have numerical representations in imperial and metric systems. An example has been added as clarification for the user. This Color Chart Definition of the Label will be translated to different languages.

(17) Understanding the location of the needle plate is important, as it is in this area that this inventive sewing guide aide label will be a reference point to apply the label to the sewing machine. This is the intention of FIG. 2, in which a top front view is presented with amplification of the needle plate, as in FIG. 2A; and the intended placement of the invention of the Sewing with Color Label in the needle plate as in FIG. 2B. In the process of applying the Label to the needle plate, the presser foot, FIG. 2, #1, should be removed to make it easy and precise. Without the presser foot, a person has complete view of the needle plate, especially the needle that is the main aligning reference point, as viewed in FIG. 3. Once the Sewing with Color Label is presented in the precise location and the Sewing with Color Label applied to the surface of the sewing machine, the presser foot can be put back in place, FIG. 4. The Label is designed so that no interference is made with the feed dogs movements; it will lay-away and around them. In some rare cases, extra cutting may be needed if the top bobbin flap is close to the feed dogs, in that instance any cutting device such as a little knife can be used to trim this job.

(18) After the Label is completely applied it won't affect the sliding of the fabric over the plate, as it is a very thin layer of paper. FIG. 5 shows the label being completely applied over the needle plate of the sewing machine.

(19) The seam allowance guide aide of the present invention can also be fixed or embedded onto the surface of the needle plate. In other words the shape, lines and color configuration of the above-described label can be integrated into the upper surface of the needle plate in a non-removable manner. For example, the guide aide can be engraved, embossed, etched or printed on the surface of said needle plate. Other fixing means or methods can also be used as long as the guide aide arrangement is fixed, non-removable and part of said needle plate.

(20) FIGS. 6-8 show a schematic view of an alternate embodiment of the needle plate containing the fixed and non-removable seam allowance guide aide. Specifically, FIG. 8 shows an embodiment having a guide aide part including a middle portion, a left portion, a right portion and a bottom portion. As can be appreciated, each of the left portion, the right portion and the bottom portion has colored lines each representing the standard sewing measurement used in day-to-day sewing in accordance with the invention. Moreover, the lines can have different lengths, as shown in the Figure, or the same length. The middle portion includes an aligning line aligned with the needle of the sewing machine. In addition, the middle portion can include additional lines also representing the standard sewing measurement used in day-to-day sewing.

(21) Although the present invention has been described herein with reference to the foregoing exemplary embodiment, this embodiment does not serve to limit the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will appreciate that various modifications are possible, without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.